Balance and trust. When do we rely on the familiar and when do we take that leap of faith? The discomfort of the unknown, the unseen, can feel like having your head in a spin cycle. Releasing one trapeze bar to reach the next requires the faith that you aren’t going to fall and spat as a result of that mid-air leap. Faith is like any muscle that is built over time. With a little bits of evidence here and there we grow stronger and build more of a foundation in that faith.

But when a major leap is required, we seem to forget the stability of this foundation that we’ve worked on so hard for so long. We often step into fear – False Evidence Appearing Real instead of Feeling Everything And Rising.

That leap requires courage. Coeur - a heart, raging with so much love that we are carried to that other side. Spirit, Source, the Divine has that kind of love for us. And when we love ourselves enough to say yes, to step into the truth that we are held, we are loved, we are taken care of, the path becomes clear. The fog lifts. And we will see, feel and know that we are safe.

The love of self called for here requires compassion. It requires that we forgive ourselves for all of the ways that we have continued to perpetuate the abuse that we may have, at one time, experienced at the hands of others. When we believe that we deserved the abuse, we prove it by repeating it in some form or another. And most of the time we don’t even realize what we’ve done.

We have to do the Ho’ oponopono and turn it all around. Because that is what it’s all about. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I love you. This is the ancient Hawaiian prayer of compassion and forgiveness known as the Ho’ oponopono.

We do the Ho’ oponopono and release the relentless should. We stop should-ing on ourselves and listen to that still small voice - The one that pipes up when we can get quiet enough to hear her. Her’s is the voice of truth, the unafraid, the voice of courage. That raging beautiful heart that wants to lead us to our Light. The Light that we came here to be for ourselves and for others. The Light that is the Truth of our souls.

Listen. Have courage. Lean on that structure - that foundation that you spent so much time and energy building. Trust. You are held. All is well. You are taken care of.

Because I needed this medicine today, I wrote this piece for myself. May it benefit you as it is benefiting me. withLove and manyBlessings.